US saw Israeli firm’s rise in Latin America as a threat, cables show

Posted on May 10, 2011 • Filed under: Business, Intelligence, Latin America News

A security company led by the former head of operations for the Israeli military made such inroads into Latin America a few years ago that U.S. diplomats saw it as a security risk and moved to thwart the company’s expansion, U.S. diplomatic cables show. The diplomats’ efforts were made easier when an interpreter for the Israeli firm, Global CST, was caught peddling classified Colombian Defense Ministry documents to Marxist guerrillas seeking to topple the state, one cable said. Read Article

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